EssenceFM firmware V5.2
KODAMO | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 10:27 AM Full feature list and download link Share your impressions and feedbacks here |
Failed Muso | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 10:57 AM A brilliant update! Thank you! 😍🙂👍🧡 |
BeneathClouds | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 02:59 PM What an amazing update! 😍I really appreciate the new features, especially the XY Controller and Layer Morphing! Thank you so much! 🧡 |
Soarer | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 03:25 PM Wow really cool! Looks like a great update 😀Morphing is a bit misleading though since no voice parameters are morphed. I would call it layer mixing rather than morphing but I know it has been used and named like this traditionally. Should be pretty fun and useful. Exited to try the XY controller and everything else when I get home. Great work Kodamo 👍 |
BROCKSTAR | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 05:23 PM OMG OMG OMG I GOTTA UPDATE NOW. SO GLAD YOU PUT A XY CONTROLLER LIKE I ASKED FOR AND WANTED, THANK YOU!! |
| BROCKSTAR | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 05:29 PM Had to reply again, you all really do listen to your customers, that is great! The xy controller, morphing, volume control for the midi player etc.. all things I was concerned about and asked for :) Thank you so much! |
DX100 | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 06:02 PM WOW, downloading now! |
| BROCKSTAR | Posted on Mon 19 Jul 2021, 07:08 PM Having so much fun with the layer morphing. Just had some extra ideas for it! 😍1) Right now it can only morph between 4 layers at all 4 corners, but what about making it morph 8 layers by putting the other 4 on each sides of the morphing square. 2) A way we can record and draw our own pattern on the layer morphing screen? Like add a record button, we draw our pattern on screen with finger then unrecord and it loops the pattern we did 😀 3) Randomizer for the LFO that never stays the same? Randomly morphs all over the grid lol. Just some ideas I had, maybe more ideas come later haha. |
TJontheRoad | Posted on Tue 20 Jul 2021, 01:30 PM Well done guys. BPM on delays is most welcome. |
| DX100 | Posted on Wed 21 Jul 2021, 02:47 PM So is the morphing actually not morphing but just crossfading?real morphing like the montage would be totally incredible. |
| KODAMO | Posted on Wed 21 Jul 2021, 04:15 PM "Morphing" is commonly used by manufacturers to describe crossfading indeed. Each FM layer may use different algorithms so a "real morphing" (interpolation between parameters) is impossible, at least in a way that make sense to the ear.The Montage may do it differently but is also way slower, with noticeable stepping if you want to move the morphing point while playing |
| DX100 | Posted on Wed 21 Jul 2021, 06:30 PM Yes the Montage is not instantly real time, there is a process wait time and then it becomes close to real time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypiRcme3-98 Smart morf they call it, I don't know how they handle different ALG's? Would like to try the Montage, I sold mine before they made that feature :( |
| Soarer | Posted on Wed 21 Jul 2021, 11:30 PM Yes the montage seems really laggy and the stepping doesn't sound good. Morphing should be possible in a pleasing way though. The PolyBrute is good example of that though it morphs between an A and a B part of the patch with fewer parameters than the EFM. Maybe something like that would work better than morphing between 2 completely different patches. Didn't try the X/Y controller probably yet which may be exactly that. |
| BeneathClouds | Posted on Thu 22 Jul 2021, 11:54 AM What is the difference between the v5.2 (July 18th) and v5.2b (July 22nd) releases? |
| KODAMO | Posted on Thu 22 Jul 2021, 12:12 PM Feedback source showed numbers from 0 to 5 instead of 1 to 6. That's the only difference. You decide if it's worth upgrading again, we suggest waiting a bit since bugs that are reported just after a release are usually immediately fixed so we may go through a few revisions. This is represented by letters after the firmware version (b, c, d...). If no bugs are reported after about one week, the firmware is locked until the next release usually a few months later. |
| BeneathClouds | Posted on Thu 22 Jul 2021, 12:59 PM Thanks for the explanation 👍 |
Xariylebrycean | Posted on Wed 11 Aug 2021, 12:29 AM Hi, I’m late to the party hereJust downloaded the other day. Overall it seems really exciting, but unless I’m missing something here, I’m finding that the clock divisions on the LFO just doesn’t seem to actually do anything at all anymore. Speed seems to be entirely controlled by the speed parameter, and there isn’t really any MIDI syncing going on at all? |
| KODAMO | Posted on Wed 11 Aug 2021, 12:29 PM We just checked and it works here. Are you sure you're sending MIDI clock to the EssenceFM? Can you tell us more about the settings you're using? (which mode, MIDI input, channel settings...)On recent firmwares, Speed parameter is used as default when no clock is received. As soon as a clock is detected it takes priority. |
| Xariylebrycean | Posted on Wed 11 Aug 2021, 08:02 PM You’re right actually… I had decided to update the OS on my main sequencer at the same time as the Essence, after further testing it appears it is actually the sequencer that’s at fault here. |
| Xariylebrycean | Posted on Wed 15 Sep 2021, 09:30 PM Any possibility of keeping the patch morpher LFO enabled while navigating through other menus? |
Strider | Posted on Wed 22 Sep 2021, 10:41 AM When assigning the LFO to feedback level in the mod matrix, there's no more sound. Am I the only one ?edit 1 : This will not happen all the time, another issue when modulating the feedback level with the LFO, I can here a light noise (I'm not talking about the feedback noise you get when pushing the feedback to the max) the ratio of the modulation is set to 10% edit 2 : the sound disappeared again after assigning the LFO to the algo, so I guess it has to do with the global section of the mod matrix ? |
| Soarer | Posted on Sat 06 Nov 2021, 10:25 AM Pitch bend is resetting to +48 every time i turn on my unit. |
| KODAMO | Posted on Sun 07 Nov 2021, 03:40 PM If your Global Channel setting (Global > MIDI) is set to MPE this is normal. In other modes, pitch bend should be initialized to 2 semitones at startup. |
| KODAMO | Posted on Sun 07 Nov 2021, 03:45 PM edit 1 : This will not happen all the time, another issue when modulating the feedback level with the LFO, I can here a light noise (I'm not talking about the feedback noise you get when pushing the feedback to the max) the ratio of the modulation is set to 10% 10% ratio means a lot of precision is lost, hence the noises when modulating the feedback. Try using a lower volume on that operator, so you can use higher feedback values and use a bigger ratio in the mod matrix. edit 2 : the sound disappeared again after assigning the LFO to the algo, so I guess it has to do with the global section of the mod matrix ? It depends on how you configured your operators. Randomly forcing an algorithm may result in no sound and this is normal. (example: OP1 carrier volume 127 and OP2 modulator volume 10. If you switch the carrier and modulator, you'll hear almost no sound, or no sound at all if OP2 volume is zero). Algorithm as a modulation destination is only for fun/experimental things, it's very hard to use in a controlled way. |
| Strider | Posted on Sun 07 Nov 2021, 04:15 PM Thanks. Any release date for the next fimware ? |
| Soarer | Posted on Wed 10 Nov 2021, 09:27 AM Yes got it now. After having set it to Omni and changed the Pitch value it was still at +48 after first restart. After second restart it was at +2.I think it should remember your last used setting since I always set it to a higher value. |
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